Improvements to the forum

HorsePlay

Can we get some hype for the new homepage banner ;)

Ahhhh, hmmm. So, I live out in the sticks and have "good" internet but "mega slow" by most modern standards. I'm 100% cellular data at ~20Mbps down.

Why do I mention it? That banner is kinda painful on site performance for me??

When I first visited the site today, I saw a funny static image that had nothing to do with OneWheels. Just a pitched road with partial image of a car (tires) and a curb. I wondered about it ... but clicked through to read posts.
On seeing this post, I went back to the home page and let it load. Ah, yes -- very fun to watch.
But then I tried to click on "something else" to continue reading recent threads and the homepage was stuck. It took a rather long time for my browser to respond. Ummmm, I think I'm gonna blame that delay on the video banner?

Very cool to watch ... but .... well ... I'll have to see how this plays out for others and even for myself once my browser adjusts to the update??

Edited to add: Sorry for being a stick in the mud ...

NotSure

@horseplay i don't see anything. just a static banner.

Lia

Bottoms D:
Lemme try making it much easier to load, otherwise I'll remove it.

@NotSure What browser was this, it renders with HTML5 so should have autoplayed.

HorsePlay

@notsure -- I think @Lia may have taken it down? I no longer see a banner.

NotSure

@lia chrome

not in sources either

Lia

Made it much smaller, does that work better or shall I remove it till I find a better way to have it display?

HorsePlay

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

does that work better

Way better! Thank you!

NotSure

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

Made it much smaller, does that work better or shall I remove it till I find a better way to have it display?

oh i know why! its not on ur 'home' page but rather ../categories

yes nice banner lol.

Lia

@horseplay Sorry about that, it must have rendered fine for me because I had it cached from viewing it a few times in testing. Was way too HD for it's needs.

@NotSure I have it showing on categories but also when landing on owforum.co.uk.

Glad it's looks nice :)

NotSure

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

I have it showing on categories but also when landing on owforum.co.uk.

umm...

Lia

@notsure Oh that's the recent tab, is that home for you?

NotSure

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

@notsure Oh that's the recent tab, is that home for you?

debugged!

Franko

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

Can we get some hype for the new homepage banner ;)

LOVE IT! great work.

Lia

YOUTUBE EMBEDS WORK NOW :D :D :D :D

Simply copy the YT URL into the post and it will embed the video in it's place.
Videos will also play in the embed rather than redirect off platform so you don't need to faff around with tabs.

Example below :)

NotSure

@lia example test
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="

" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

NotSure

@notsure said in Improvements to the forum:

@lia example test

example test test
src="

"

just need the link it seems.

Lia

@notsure Don't need any of the embed code, just the link :)

NotSure

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

@notsure Don't need any of the embed code, just the link :)

Lia

Plugin uses iframes for embedding which is a bit taxing once a handful are present on the page. So much so that the "Share your float playlist <3" thread is extremely slow to load.

Timestamping also seems to get ignored so will see if I can get that to be retained.

The embed script is configurable so I might see if I can have it render differently. Will test when it's quiet on the platform. Shouldn't require a reboot but I tend to avoid live changes like that anyway.

NotSure

@lia said in Improvements to the forum:

So much so that the "Share your float playlist <3" thread is extremely slow to load.

lol